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Yale SOM Alumni Advisory Board

The Alumni Advisory Board is comprised of alumni who advise the dean and the school’s senior leadership on how to advance the values and mission of the school throughout the broader Yale alumni community.

Chair

Matthew J. Broder ’81 B.A., ’87
Vice President, Public Affairs
Financial Accounting Foundation

Vice Chair

Tony Lynn ’14
Global Program Lead
Meta

Secretary

Jill Govan Bauman ’87
President and CEO
Imagine LA

Directors at large                                                                                                  

Joseph Brandifino ’18
Director, Production Security & Intelligence
Netflix

Fay Chen ’08
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley

Claudia S. Gourdon ’78
Senior Vice President
M&T Bank

Todd Jorgenson ’20
Founder and Owner
East Valley Implant & Periodontal Center

Mandy Krumnow ’18
Vice President & Head of Scientific Affairs
Applied Therapeutics

Vivian Li ’13 MAM
Founding Partner of Beijing DRGs Tech Co., Ltd.
Director of Yale Healthcare Club of China

Soji Maurice-Diya ’10
Chief Commercial Officer
American Tower Corporation – Nigeria

Victor Padilla-Taylor ’15
Director of Mentor, Advisor, and Partner Networks
Tsai CITY
Yale University

Chetan Parekh ’06
Vice President & General Manager
Zevo

Lee Race ’93
Director
Berns Communications Group

Olabosipo Sawyerr-Bassey ’07
Information Management Record Manager
Diageo

Gilbert Santa Maria ’91
President and COO
Philippines Airlines Pnb Financial Center

Meelendra Singh ’20
Senior Product Manager, Consumables
Amazon

Maya Sudhakaran ’14
Global Demand Manager
Prodigy Finance

Stuart Tarmy ’87
Global Director
Financial Services Industry Solutions for Aerospike

Student Representatives

1st year – Tom Sawyer ’22

Ex Officio Members

Kerwin K. Charles
Indra K. Nooyi Dean & Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Economics, Policy, and Management
Yale School of Management

Joel A. Getz
Deputy Dean for Alumni, Development, and Special Initiatives
Yale School of Management

YAA Delegates

Ex Officio: 
Matthew J. Broder ’81 B.A., ’87, Chair, Alumni Advisory Board 

Vice President, Public Affairs
Financial Accounting Foundation

Appointed:
Paul Bashir ’19

Consultant
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Frank Gadzekpo ’89
Executive Director
Universal Integrated Investment Partners

Dan Kent ’16
Senior Product Manager, Machine Learning
Glass Door

Nik Khakee ’96 
Managing Director
Standard & Poor’s

Christina Mainero  ’13 MPH, ’15 
Principal, Pharmacy Services Innovation and Strategy
Blue Shield of California

Eddie Thai ’12   
General Partner
500 Startups Vietnam

Mary Pat Wixted ’10 B.A., ’15 
Senior Associate Brand Manager
Campbell Soup Company

Alumni Fund Chair

Rebecca Vitas Schamis ’00
General Manager
Theodore’s Books

Have a question or interested in volunteering – or just want to share your perspectives? We want to hear from you! Feel free to contact the Yale SOM Alumni Advisory Board at ysomaab@gmail.com